Pity the Stanford Smoker Edward Ngai October 5, 2015 1 Comment The concern expressed by Mr. Bentley (“Letter to Stanford University on Tobacco Use Policies”, Oct. 1, 2015) is admirable. Perhaps he has not been on campus recently, having graduated more... Read More »
Four more Stanford commencement speakers Edward Ngai February 3, 2015 0 Comments Stanford has only invited a handful of writers and even fewer artists to deliver the Commencement address. A quick scan of past speakers shows that we prefer political leaders, tech entrepreneurs, and... Read More »
More misinformation on Hong Kong Edward Ngai October 23, 2014 0 Comments This accusation is absurd. First, the people delivering the presentation, Anson Chan and Martin Lee, are not Occupy Central leaders. Second, even the real leaders of Occupy Central have only marginal... Read More »
Alums confirmed safe after scare in Nepal blizzard Edward Ngai October 17, 2014 1 Comment Two Stanford alumni are safe after being caught in a deadly blizzard while hiking in Nepal. Christopher Anderson B.S., M.S. ’11 and Jonathan Potter B.S., M.S. ’12 departed from Kathmandu,... Read More »
Ike’s Place sacked: RFP cites survey, but students angry with process Edward Ngai May 19, 2014 25 Comments On April 25, the University announced that Ike’s Place will be replaced by an eatery operated by Stanford Residential and Dining Enterprises (R&DE) in September. R&DE has not yet announced the... Read More »
Kharis Templeman discusses student protest in Taiwan Edward Ngai April 10, 2014 0 Comments Kharis Templeman, program manager for the Taiwan Democracy Project at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), studies democratization, dominant-party electoral regimes and... Read More »
Fourteen graduate students seeking election to the Graduate Student Council Edward Ngai April 9, 2014 0 Comments Fourteen graduate students will vie for positions on the Graduate Student Council (GSC), the representative body for just over 60 percent of students at Stanford, in this year’s ASSU elections.... Read More »
Letter to the editor: The Medical-Government Complex Edward Ngai March 10, 2014 0 Comments The philosopher Ivan Illich played provocateur in 1975 when he asserted that the greatest threat to health is, in fact, modern medicine. Read More »